What is another word for mire?
Pronunciation:
[ m_ˈaɪə], [ mˈa͡ɪ͡ə], [ mˈaɪə]Table of Contents
Similar words for mire:- crisis (noun)
- dirt (noun)
- filth (noun)
- hell (noun)
- hindrance (noun)
- marsh (noun)
- mire (noun)
- muck, morass (noun)
- delay, catch up in (verb)
- hinder (verb)
- embrangle
- embroil
- other relevant words
- other synonyms
Definition for Mire:
- To stick or entangle; to involve in difficulties; often used in the passive or predicate form; as, we got mired in bureaucratic red tape and it took years longer than planned.
Synonyms for Mire:
n.
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- muddy.
- hades,
- holocaust,
- furnace,
- gehenna,
- abyss,
- oven,
- inferno,
- horror,
- styx,
- morass,
- bedlam,
- purgatory,
- limbo.
- stoppage,
- barrier,
- congestion,
- blockade,
- impedance,
- inhibition,
- frustration,
- encumbrance,
- blockage,
- opposition,
- bafflement,
- impasse,
- entrapment,
- constipation,
- obstacle,
- disadvantage,
- resistance,
- impediment,
- hurdle,
- interruption,
- complication,
- obstruction,
- constraint,
- restraint,
- entanglement,
- drawback,
- hindrance,
- restriction,
- damper,
- deterrent.
v.
•delay, catch up in (verb)- ensnare,
- entrap,
- decelerate,
- enmesh,
- bog down,
- tangle,
- sink,
- flounder,
- set back,
- stick,
- cling,
- trap,
- snare.
- constrain,
- choke,
- deter,
- resist,
- handicap,
- complicate,
- obstruct,
- hinder,
- crimp,
- impair,
- check,
- restrict,
- dam,
- counter,
- burden,
- cramp,
- frustrate,
- curb,
- cripple,
- bottleneck,
- foul,
- hamstring,
- bung,
- interrupt,
- stay,
- paralyze,
- snarl,
- stop,
- clog,
- thwart,
- catch,
- impede,
- restrain,
- baffle,
- hamper,
- delay,
- drag,
- snag,
- constipate,
- bar,
- block,
- inhibit,
- brake,
- fetter,
- oppose,
- jam,
- congest,
- plug.
Other synonyms:
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- wetland,
- vlei,
- fenland,
- salt marsh.
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- sludge.
- flub,
- smoke,
- garbage,
- run aground,
- bottomland,
- sully,
- fluid,
- squash,
- gumbo,
- smear,
- moorland,
- slurry,
- GAUM,
- botch,
- convolute,
- fluff,
- get stranded,
- soot,
- Marish,
- entail,
- grunge,
- turbid,
- pickle,
- drain,
- Sweepings,
- cloaca maxima,
- slack,
- goop,
- cesspool,
- stigmatize,
- mishandle,
- junk,
- silt,
- slur,
- moor,
- Distain,
- slobber,
- rattrap,
- mat,
- contain,
- swill,
- falloff,
- addle,
- ball up,
- bollix up,
- bumble,
- foul-up,
- boggy,
- rubbish,
- post,
- slab,
- mere,
- besmirch,
- stodge,
- sewer,
- lees,
- drilling mud,
- envelop,
- become involved,
- slosh,
- miry,
- adhere,
- predicament,
- embrace,
- alluvium,
- Leavings,
- mucky,
- dregs,
- meadow,
- bollix,
- cohere,
- defame,
- louse up,
- murky,
- unsuitable,
- Gombo,
- residue,
- slop,
- slouch,
- Slubber,
- dust,
- wash,
- Besmoke,
- tread under foot,
- screw up,
- jackpot,
- grind to a halt,
- spoil,
- dross,
- bottom,
- blow,
- slip,
- fumble,
- slacken,
- welter,
- slabber,
- inappropriate,
- stall,
- gunge,
- smudge,
- bungle,
- wallow,
- inapplicable,
- slackness,
- improper,
- irrelevant,
- embarrass,
- botch up,
- chaos,
- slob,
- reprehend,
- sediment,
- garbage dump,
- bobble,
- sink in,
- vilify,
- bollocks,
- septic tank,
- sloughy,
- catch-22,
- trash,
- scum,
- trample under foot,
- refuse,
- brand,
- offal,
- sewage,
- cloaca,
- cleave,
- marais,
- taiga,
- befoul,
- precipitate,
- affect,
- dingy,
- guck,
- fix,
- dump,
- bemud,
- defile,
- mess,
- cloudy,
- Orts,
- clay,
- comprise,
- corner,
- swampy,
- waste,
- sough,
- blacken,
- slap,
- tarnish,
- boggy ground,
- scrap,
- Everglade,
- splosh,
- bilge,
- confuse,
- manure,
- show up,
- pigwash,
- muddle,
- mess-up,
- marshy,
- pollution,
- muddied,
- excrement.
Paraphrases for Mire:
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Forward Entailment
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Reverse Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
quagmire.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Other Related
Antonyms for Mire:
v.
Homophones for Mire:
- memoir, menorah, menorrhea, Myer, myre, manor, marri, murre, mayer, mummery, moore, moon-ray, marry, meir, mr, moaner, mummer, mimir, manure, mary, menurae, moirae, mayor, mohair, muir, myanmar, mri, murrow, monera, Moro, monroe, memory, miri, minor, man hour, Meier, mar, murray, merry, maar, manner, monario, moray, miry, Mary Ii, mara, maimer, munro, maria, menhir, myrrh, marrow, mere, menura, morrow, moor, moirai, monomer, mirror, miner, Meyer, mari, mainer, maori, mwera, mare, MIER, miro, more, mammary, meniere, Mr., moire, Mary I, moneyer, mimer, mower, mohria, moon ray.
Hyponym for Mire:
n.
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state
difficulty.
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